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• 'I didn't think I'd go to college, until I found T-levels'

  03-12-2024 10:06 via bbc.com
  
  T-level students will be able to work remotely for part of their work placement from January 2025
  
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• Universities enrolling foreign students with poor English, BBC finds

  03-12-2024 07:04 via bbc.com
  
  Institutions may be overlooking inadequate language skills to receive high fees from overseas students.
  
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• Family fear for son as college funding dries up

  03-12-2024 06:57 via bbc.com
  
  A family are prepared to go to court so that their son continues getting funding for his education.
  
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• Teacher's pay rise simply impossible, says minister

  03-12-2024 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  Paul Givan tells assembly members that the teaching unions have asked for a 13.5% rise in 2024-25.
  
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• School closes after halls and corridor are flooded

  02-12-2024 10:27 via bbc.com
  
  A burst pipe causes flooding at North Denes Primary and Nursery in Great Yarmouth.
  
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• Parliament to debate bereavement lessons petition

  02-12-2024 07:33 via bbc.com
  
  Funeral director John Adams has campaigned for the move because he lost his mum at 12.
  
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• 10 years on: Is shared parental leave 'failing working families'?

  02-12-2024 04:33 via bbc.com
  
  The government is reviewing the policy but campaigners say the current system is "broken".
  
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• University to close chemistry department

  29-11-2024 13:04 via bbc.com
  
  The university is also merging some of its schools following a drop in student numbers.
  
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• 'School didn't suit me - but youth club learning does'

  29-11-2024 07:51 via bbc.com
  
  Some young people from east Belfast are calling for more support for education in youth clubs.
  
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• Single mum 'appalled' by school uniform delay costs

  29-11-2024 07:36 via bbc.com
  
  Bethany Hall has only received £50 worth of a £250 order from a school uniform supplier in Daventry.
  
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• Australia approves social media ban on under-16s

  29-11-2024 00:31 via bbc.com
  
  The ban aims to reduce "harms" on children and will take at least a year to implement, the PM says.
  
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• University vet school accused of overlooking racism

  28-11-2024 13:14 via bbc.com
  
  The university says it is doing everything it reasonably can to support students.
  
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• Sixth form college teachers strike over pay

  28-11-2024 11:24 via bbc.com
  
  The National Education Union says 2,000 members are taking part in a walkout over pay.
  
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• 'It's so easy to lie': A fifth of children use fake age on social media

  28-11-2024 01:05 via bbc.com
  
  The regulator finds a fifth of children are pretending to be adults, potentially exposing them to harm.
  
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• School bus stranded after Storm Bert floods

  25-11-2024 23:02 via bbc.com
  
  More than 50 children and a driver are rescued using fire service boats.
  
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• 'School defibrillator restarted my heart'

  25-11-2024 17:53 via bbc.com
  
  Education Minister Paul Givan is expected to spend more than £700,000 on the move.
  
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• Exercise book returned to ex-pupil after 49 years

  24-11-2024 07:55 via bbc.com
  
  The 1975 Roman Studies exercise book found in a school drawer is returned to a former student.
  
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• 'Whatever the thieves got, we've come out winners'

  24-11-2024 07:21 via bbc.com
  
  A head teacher says his faith is restored by the response to the theft of the school minibus.
  
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• All NI children could get free school meals

  22-11-2024 17:51 via bbc.com
  
  Providing free dinners for all school children could cost over £200m a year, say education officials.
  
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• How choosing a secondary school might be about to get easier

  22-11-2024 01:11 via bbc.com
  
  Local projects are under way to create school report cards that could inform Ofsted's national changes.
  
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• Snow and ice shut schools as Storm Bert looms

  21-11-2024 16:33 via bbc.com
  
  Storm Bert is set to bring snow, rain and strong winds to parts of the UK over the weekend.
  
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• Primary school pupil suspensions in England double in a decade

  21-11-2024 11:09 via bbc.com
  
  Mum Jo says Jacob is very caring but sensory issues led to him being excluded for disruptive behaviour.
  
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• Why are pupils missing school?

  21-11-2024 07:27 via bbc.com
  
  Norfolk has a higher-than-average rate of persistent absence - but what are the stories behind it?
  
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• Grief can be 'really overwhelming' for teenagers and young people

  21-11-2024 07:24 via bbc.com
  
  Teenagers speak about their experience of bereavement at an event run for schools by Marie Curie.
  
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• Cash-strapped university to shed 170 full-time jobs

  20-11-2024 18:55 via bbc.com
  
  University of East Anglia announces further cuts as it tries to stem a multi-million pound deficit.
  
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• Social media ban for under-16s 'on the table' in UK

  20-11-2024 12:34 via bbc.com
  
  The tech secretary Peter Kyle also said he wanted an "assertive" approach from the regulator, Ofcom.
  
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• Parents in court over children's school absences

  20-11-2024 07:31 via bbc.com
  
  Two parents say their child was absent because of the school's policy on toilets during classes.
  
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• School boss may have spent funds on family firms

  20-11-2024 07:06 via bbc.com
  
  Public funds may have been used for a gym and coffee shop owned by the school's CEO and his family.
  
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• Free school meals as long as I am mayor, says Khan

  19-11-2024 15:45 via bbc.com
  
  The Mayor of London's free school lunch policy is praised by a new independent report.
  
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• Edinburgh University warns staff to expect job cuts

  19-11-2024 14:44 via bbc.com
  
  The institution blamed "unsustainable" funding and a fall in student numbers for the decision.
  
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• ‘Once my autistic son turns 18, his support ends’

  19-11-2024 07:56 via bbc.com
  
  Parents tell politicians about the "cliff-edge" their children face when they leave school.
  
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• Student's wrong results suicide prompts support call

  19-11-2024 07:30 via bbc.com
  
  Mared Foulkes, from Anglesey, killed herself after receiving inaccurate exam results.
  
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• Special educational needs system 'has burst'

  19-11-2024 07:07 via bbc.com
  
  Soaring special needs provision demand means councils buying more private school places, BBC told.
  
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• Staff 'demoralised' over university course cuts

  18-11-2024 17:49 via bbc.com
  
  About 18 students enrolled in the two joint business degrees at Northumbria University this year.
  
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• 'Exploitative' children's home profits to be curbed

  18-11-2024 09:02 via bbc.com
  
  The new measures aim to stop private care home providers benefiting excessively from a stretched system.
  
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• 'Families in crisis' as Ofsted criticises SEND offer

  15-11-2024 10:30 via bbc.com
  
  The watchdog says Derbyshire's SEND provision has "widespread and systemic failings".
  
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• 'I'm passionate about mentoring excluded pupils'

  15-11-2024 07:11 via bbc.com
  
  City Hall is providing £2.3m to get more mentors like Nkechi Simms into Pupil Referral Units.
  
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• University cash crisis to get worse despite tuition fee rise, BBC told

  15-11-2024 01:05 via bbc.com
  
  More than three quarters of universities are expected to face financial problems next year.
  
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• Job cuts 'inevitable' over £30m university deficit

  14-11-2024 10:59 via bbc.com
  
  Dundee University has told staff it faces "an extremely challenging period" for the higher education sector.
  
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• IT issue forces school closure to safeguard pupils

  14-11-2024 09:50 via bbc.com
  
  Budehaven Community School said its internet, registration and telephone services had stopped working.
  
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• More families being 'forced' into home education

  14-11-2024 07:47 via bbc.com
  
  The children's commissioner says she is "deeply concerned" by a doubling in home education figures.
  
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• What are T-levels and how do they work?

  14-11-2024 04:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  T-levels are equivalent to three A-levels, and focus on practical rather than academic subjects.
  
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• One in three T-level students drop out of health course

  14-11-2024 02:43 via bbc.com
  
  Many health and science T-level students dropped out after an exam board sent out botched exam papers in 2022.
  
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• Edinburgh University warns students not to be 'snobs'

  12-11-2024 13:45 via bbc.com
  
  The institution admitted class-related prejudice was a problem on campus.
  
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• Jamie Oliver pulls 'offensive' children's book from sale

  11-11-2024 15:40 via bbc.com
  
  The 400-page fantasy novel is accused of stereotyping Indigenous Australians.
  
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• Too much debt or value for money? Students divided over tuition fee rise

  10-11-2024 09:14 via bbc.com
  
  University fees are rising to £9,535, meaning students will be left in more debt after their course.
  
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• Former students urged to check for loan refunds

  09-11-2024 13:06 via bbc.com
  
  New figures show university graduates could be eligible for refunds worth nearly £200m.
  
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• The robots helping children go back to school

  08-11-2024 07:43 via bbc.com
  
  Robots are used to help support children who struggle emotionally going to school.
  
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• The simple exam tweaks that can completely change lives

  08-11-2024 01:01 via bbc.com
  
  Schools are struggling to cope with the logistical hurdles and cost required to make the adjustments.
  
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• How a Chinese maths 'prodigy' unravelled in cheating storm

  08-11-2024 00:06 via bbc.com
  
  A 17-year-old student was hailed as a genius, until it emerged she'd cheated.
  
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